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Last month I shared with you my 2013 resolutions. Well, I’m not sure if I mentioned that my husband and I did this together. We set some individual goals and some joint/family goals and in an effort to keep these goals in the forefront of our minds, I created a Resolution Board for our home. Now we have a constant reminder and accountability system to help us reach our goals this year!

To make this board, I bought a thin sheet of plywood-like material from Lowe’s and painted it with black chalkboard paint. Then I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out the board title, “Lets do this 2013” and I used a chalk paint pen and chalk to write each goal. As you can see, some of them are more detailed and “trackable” while others are just words to remind of us each goal. When I was finished my stud husband drilled some holes and hung it for me.

I tried Weight Watchers in the beginning of the year, but didn’t put enough effort into it to see any real results. I also ran in my very first 5k. But other than that, I didn’t loose much weight and didn’t really exercise much at all. I definitely did not form any new positive habits in this area.

3. Pay off debt. My goal is to eliminate my student loan debts.

FREEEEEEEEEEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE’RE DEBT FREEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Using Dave Ramsey’s Debt snowball and Financial plan we buckled down and completely paid off all our debts (except for our home) this year. This is the best feeling in the world and I highly recommend every person who ever reads this to invest in your future and legeacy by enrolling in Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University.

4. Start a business. My goal is to build a shop on Etsy.com to sell handmade crafts and the like.

Yeah…..sooooo……..this one….I opened a shop, but I have still not posted any crafts. For this goal, I cut myself some slack. I wanted very badly to start this last year, however, I was working the equivalent to two full-time jobs and whatever free time I could muster up, I wanted to dedicate it to my husband and family. This is not the case this year so my umbrella of “slack” has been removed in 2013. Keep on the look out for my Etsy shop this year!!!!

For the recap, by setting lofty goals, I ended up achieving way more than I would expect of myself normally. I am really excited to make even more crazy goals this year. I’ve already set several of them and have already begun working toward them. I’ll share those with you tomorrow.

One lesson I learned last year regarding resolutions/goal setting: Make your goals specific and measurable. Avoid vagueness and take time to determine exactly what you want to accomplish in order to achieve the most success.

Today marks the first day of 2012. How exciting! I am fairly confident that I have never really made or kept a New Year’s Resolution before so this year I am setting some seriously outrageous goals in hopes that going extreme will motivate me to actually get them done. Here they are in no particular order.

1. Read more. My goal is to read 12 books this year. One per month. I usually read 1-2 a year so this is a serious behavior change for me.

2. Eat healthy and lose weight. My goal is to lose 30 pounds. Along with the weight loss, I want some muscle definition but I’m not quite sure how to measure that one.

***Correction***

Doctor says loosing 30 pounds isn’t healthy for me, so 17 pounds is the new goal.

3. Pay off debt. My goal is to eliminate my student loan debts. They have hung over my head for several years already and I hate that I brought that kind of weight into my marriage, so I am going to pay-off that debt this year.

4. Start a business. My goal is to build a shop on Etsy.com to sell handmade crafts and the like. I want to use this blog as a place to display my work as well. I’m excited to see how this turns out. Once I develop a business plan, I will set some more specific goals for this business.

All of these goals will stretch me as none of them seem realistic for me. But that’s what excites me the most. I will feel so accomplished when I meet these New Year’s goals.